September 1950 - Free Content Articles Encyclopedia September 1950 The following events occurred in September 1950: Contents September 1 , 1950 (Friday) The Federal Communications Commission released a statement that it favored the CBS technology for color television broadcasting. The FCC said also that the other two proposed systems (by RCA and by Color Television Incorporated) "fell short" of the FCC requirements, and recommended television set manufacturers to build sets that could receive both the CBS system and standard black-and-white analog signals. [1] Television manufacturers declined to make sets that accommodated the CBS system, and eventually a different system by RCA would become the industry standard. [2] Mao Zedong , the Chairman of China's Communist Party, gave a public warning that the People's Republic of China would not tolerate an invasion of any of its neighbors, which included North Korea. [3] Both houses of the United States Congress passed the doctors' draft Bill, authorizing any physician under the age of 50 to be inducted into the U.S. armed forces, but with priority on residents and interns.

[4] [5] John Crabb, a 59-year-old immigrant from Denmark, was freed from the Topeka State Hospital, where he had been held since 1930 after being mistakenly adjudged insane. Crabb's confinement was blamed on his inability to clearly speak English and his bad temper. He was finally freed by the efforts of several insurance executives who spoke the Danish Language, and returned to Denmark. [6] September 2 , 1950 (Saturday) Israel forcibly relocated 4,000 Bedouin from its territory to its border with Egypt , and send them into the Sinai Peninsula . [7] September 3 , 1950 (Sunday) The sale of " Israel bonds " was proposed by Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion as a means for getting immediate funds for the two-year-old Jewish nation. [8] Communist China's Prime Minister Zhou Enlai sent word to the United Nations and the United States, by way of K. N. Panikkar (India's Ambassador to Beijing), that China would intervene in the Korean War if U.S. forces invaded North Korea.

[3] September 4 , 1950 (Monday) The comic strip Beetle Bailey , created by Mort Walker, made its debut in 12 newspapers. In the first strip, "Beetle" began his first day as a student at "Rockview University", arriving with only his toothbrush. On March 12, 1951, Beetle would go to a U.S. Army recruiting station, begin a new career, and his strip would soar in popularity. [9] [10] The first NASCAR 500-mile race was held, as the Southern 500 took place at Darlington Raceway , at Darlington, South Carolina . Johnny Mantz won the event, which attracted 75 cars. [11] A Soviet Air Force bomber was shot down, off of the coast of North Korea, by two U.S. Navy fighter planes, after reportedly firing at UN naval forces. All of the crewmen on the downed aircraft were killed, while two other bombers escaped. [12] The U.S. Fifth Air Force carried out the first rescue of a downed American pilot from behind enemy lines.

[13] Died: Max Davidson , 75, German-born American silent film comedian September 5 , 1950 (Tuesday) Syria adopted its first Constitution, proclaiming itself a "Sovereign Arab Republic", providing for a democratically-elected government and declaring that "Islamic law shall be the main source of legislation". [14] Died: Al Killian , 33, American jazz trumpet player, after being shot to death by his landlord September 6 , 1950 (Wednesday) Demolition of the Royal Hohenzollern Palace began in East Berlin, where the government of East Germany had the historic residence of the former royal family torn down as a symbol of Germany's former imperialism. [15] Reconstruction of the palace would be approved by the Bundestag of a reunited Germany on July 4, 2002. [16] Died: Olaf Stapledon , 64, British science fiction author September 7 , 1950 (Thursday) The Nikkei 225 index, a measure of stock price rises and falls on the Tokyo Stock Exchange , was introduced. [17] Qian Xuesen (H.S.

Tsien), a Chinese-born professor at Caltech and one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory , was arrested by the Immigration and Naturalization Service , a few days before he was scheduled to travel to the People's Republic of China to visit his sick father. Earlier in the year, his security clearance had been revoked when his name appeared in a document of the Communist Party USA . The United States Customs Service searched his luggage and found technical papers that appeared to have been accumulated from his work in aircraft and missile design. Qian would be returned to Communist China in 1955 as part of an exchange of prisoners of war, and would go on to found China's ballistic missile program. [18] The first fiction by Ernest Hemingway , in more than a decade, was seen with the publication of Across the River. [19] The game show Truth or Consequences made its debut on the CBS television network at 10:00 pm Eastern Time, after having been a successful radio program.

[20] Born: Julie Kavner , American comedian, voice artist and TV actress, who voices Marge Simpson on The Simpsons , in Los Angeles ; and John Friedrich , "Australia's greatest conman", as Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, in Munich, West Germany (suicide, 1991) September 8 , 1950 (Friday) The Defense Production Act was signed into law by U.S. President Truman, authorizing the President "to build—and maintain at perpetual readiness—U.S. industrial and military mobilization bases in case of an all-out war with the Soviet Union." [21] The Canadian Forces Act was passed in Canada , authorizing the government to use military forces as necessary "to answer the needs of collective security" and paving the way for Canadian participation in the Korean War . [22] Featherweight boxer Sandy Saddler knocked out champion Willie Pep to win the Featherweight Boxing Title with a TKO when Pep was unable to answer the bell for the 8th round due to a separated shoulder suffered at the end of the 7th round. Saddler avenged a lopsided decision he had lost 18 months earlier challenging for Pep's title.

[23] September 9 , 1950 (Saturday) The " laugh track " was introduced to television viewers with the premiere of The Hank McCune Show , a situation comedy, on the NBC television network. Although the short-lived show was not filmed in front of an audience, viewers could hear laughter and applause coming from an invention by sound engineer Charley Douglass . The laugh track would become a feature of most television comedies of the next few decades. [24] China transferred its 9th Army Corps away from plans to attack Taiwan, moving it to the border with North Korea. [25] President Truman announced that four U.S. Army divisions would be sent to Europe to join the two divisions that were assigned to NATO. [26] After more than eight years, soap rationing ended in the United Kingdom . The limitations on purchases of soap had been in effect since February, 1942. Sugar rationing would end on September 12, 1953. [27] [28] September 10 , 1950 (Sunday) Five days before the U.S.

counterattack at Inchon in South Korea , 43 American warplanes dropped napalm canisters over Wolmido Island to clear ground for American troops, without warning the civilians living on the island. Other planes fired guns "strafing children, women, and old people". [29] Declassified U.S. documents on the operation would be made public by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2008. George Bernard Shaw , the 94-year-old British playwright, slipped from a ladder while trying to prune a tree and fractured his thigh. He would die less than eight weeks later, on November 2. [30] The Colgate Comedy Hour premiered on the NBC television network as a direct competitor to Ed Sullivan 's variety show on CBS (officially called Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town). The Colgate show, which alternated hosts each week among Eddie Cantor , Martin and Lewis (the comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ), and Fred Allen , would run for six seasons, ending in 1955.

[31] September 11 , 1950 (Monday) President Truman signed NSC-81, the recommendation of the National Security Council , expanding the original goal for the U.S. response in the Korean War . Rather than liberating South Korea , the plan became one of conquering North Korea in order to reunite the peninsula, with American troops to cross the 38th parallel that divided the two nations. [32] Bolling v. Sharpe : A group of eleven African-American students were denied enrollment in Washington, D.C.'s new John Philip Sousa Junior High School, because the U.S. Congress had voted years earlier for racial segregation of District of Columbia schools. The denial led to a suit, which would be decided on May 17, 1954, on the same day as Brown v. Board of Education. The Court would unanimously struck down the federal law directing segregation of the District's schools. [33] Thirty-three people were killed when a train, carrying U.S. Army recruits, stalled on the tracks in Ohio, and was struck by the Spirit of St. Louis express operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad.

[34] The New York Times crossword puzzle proved to be so popular that the Times began running it daily. The newspaper had refused to run a crossword at all until February 15, 1942, when it began a puzzle in its Sunday edition, though the paper continued to avoid running comic strips. [35] Died: Jan Smuts , 80, South African Field Marshal and former Prime Minister of South Africa; and September 12 , 1950 (Tuesday) Louis A. Johnson was fired from his job as United State Secretary of Defense, when President Truman asked for his resignation. [36] U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson met with British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, and announced a change in American foreign policy that would later be called "the bomb at the Waldorf", [37] proposing that the rearmament of Germany be allowed, with a new Army of West Germany to raise ten divisions of troops within NATO . The U.S.

8245th Army Unit staged an amphibious landing at South Korea's Kusan Bay as a diversion, three days in advance of the U.S. landing at Inchon. [38] September 13 , 1950 (Wednesday) The first census of West Germany was taken, 13 days after a similar count had been made in East Germany on August 31. [40] The final count showed a population of 49,842,624 in West Germany, while the East German census had counted 18,388,172 people, for a total German population of 68,230,796. [41] Died: Sara Allgood , 70, Irish stage and film actress September 14 , 1950 (Thursday) East Germany enacted its Reconstruction Law, setting out 16 principles of "socialist architecture" to be followed on all new construction of buildings. Based on Stalinist architecture , the concept would be abandoned after Stalin's fall. [42] Born: Paul Kossoff , British rock guitarist, in London (d.

1978); and John Steptoe , American illustrator of children's books (d. 1989) September 15 , 1950 (Friday) At 6:33 a.m., the 3rd Battalion of the 5th U.S. Marines, commanded by Lt. Col. Raymond B. Murray, became the first invaders at Inchon Harbor, going ashore on Wolmido Island and quickly overwhelming the North Korean People's Army soldiers there. By midnight, there were 13,000 Marines on the west coast of the Korean peninsula, with a loss of only 21 Americans dead, compared to hundreds of NKPA soldiers. The city of Inchon would be liberated the next day and the Marines would proceed to the South Korean capital, Seoul . [43] [44] Masterminded by U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur , the Inchon landing was the beginning of the retaking of South Korea from its North Korean conquerors. The attack, combined with the UN forces' breakout from the Pusan Perimeter three days later, suddenly trapped the NKPA forces, concentrated in the south, behind enemy lines.

[45] The straits between the island and the mainland were dangerous, and navigation depended on predicting the time for high and low tides; one historian would write later, "As MacArthur had assumed, no one expected a landing there." [46] Six hours before the Inchon landing, General MacArthur, along with U.S. Navy Vice-Admiral Arthur D. Struble, U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd, and U.S. Army Major Gen. Edward C. Almond rode in an unarmed boat to Woimi Island to observe the tides; a reporter would write the next day that "The North Koreans had a chance to kill Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the rest of the top commanders of the United Nations invasion forces with one well-placed artillery shell. But they muffed it.

The didn't fire a single shot." [47] September 16 , 1950 (Saturday) The 1950 NFL season opened with a game between the defending NFL champion Philadelphia Eagles , and the Cleveland Browns , who had been the 1949 champions of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) before the two leagues had merged. During the four years of the AAFC's existence, the NFL and AAFC champions had never played each other; the Browns defeated the Eagles 35-10. [48] In a convoy of fifty trucks, the North Korean Army drove 1,250 South Korean and American prisoners of war to a mountain valley, fed them rice and wine, and then, after being signaled by a blue flare, carried out a massacre of the group. Listed as "Korean War Crimes case number 279" in 1953, the evidence of the incident came from a North Korean prisoner who said that he was one of the drivers, and whom the interrogating officers concluded was credible. [49] Both Houses of Congress approved a waiver of the law against a recently retired military man from becoming U.S.

Secretary of Defense, clearing the way for General George C. Marshall to assume the office. The House of Representatives approved the measure 202-103, and the Senate followed 47-21. [50] September 17 , 1950 (Sunday) After successfully counterattacking at Inchon, the United States Marines fought their way inland and entered the South Korean capital, Seoul , for the first time since the city had been captured by North Korean invaders in June . [51] India extended diplomatic recognition of the government of Israel . [52] Kurt Lischka , who had led the Gestapo during Germany's occupation of France during World War II, was sentenced by a Paris court, in absentia , to life imprisonment. Lischka had been imprisoned in France in 1945, then extradited to Czechoslovakia in 1947 for war crimes there, but had been released on August 22, 1950, and settled in West Germany. Despite his war crimes convictions, Lischka would serve as a judge for a West German court during his freedom, but would eventually be convicted on other charges in a German court.

On February 2, 1980, he would be given a ten-year prison sentence, dying in 1989. [53] Born: Narendra Modi , Indian politician and state executive, who is current Prime Minister of India (2014–Present) and has served as Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014; in Vadnagar Died: Ed Bolden , 69, African-American baseball executive who owned the Philadelphia Stars Negro League team, and had been a co-founder of the Eastern Colored League The first article on the Bermuda Triangle is published September 18 , 1950 (Monday) Three days after U.S. forces made the landing at Inchon, the U.S. Eighth Army and United Nations forces were able to break out of the Pusan Perimeter in southeast Korea, turning the tide of the Korean War . Suddenly, the troops of the North Korean People's Army were between two fronts, with General MacArthur's troops to the north, and General Walker's forces to the south. [3] Television broadcasting began in Brazil , as TV Tupi Difusora started transmission on Channel 3 in São Paulo .

[54] Colombia entered the Korean War by volunteering the use of the Colombian Navy 's only frigate, the Almirante Padilla, which would see service in the war between March 20 and September 9 of 1951. [55] September 19 , 1950 (Tuesday) In a vote of confidence in the British House of Commons, the Labour government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee was sustained by a margin of only six votes, 306-300. Some of the Labour Party MPs, absent because of illness, were brought in by the party so that they could vote. [56] The European Payments Union was created, for the benefit of fifteen Western European nations, to stabilize their currencies. The United States contributed $350,000,000 to the endowment fund. [57] A the opening of the fifth annual session of the United Nations General Assembly, the United States, United Kingdom and France sent word to the Soviet Union, that an attack by any nation on West Berlin, or West Germany, would be considered an act of war against the three Western powers.

[58] The UN General Assembly voted 33-6 to reject a proposal to expel the Republic of China (located on the island of Taiwan) and to replace representation of the Chinese people with a delegation from the Communist government of the People's Republic of China. [59] September 20 , 1950 (Wednesday) The U.S. Senate passed the Internal Security Act of 1950 , also known as the McCarran Act, was passed by the United States Senate after earlier passing the House. The Act required Communist organizations to register with the U.S. Attorney General, prohibited the employment of Communists in federal government jobs, barred the issuance of passports to members of Communist organizations, and, in a clause called the "detention act", gave the President the power to declare an emergency for the purpose of placing suspected Communists and Communist sympathizers into detention camps. [60] September 21 , 1950 (Thursday) For the first time, a helicopter was able to fly up and over the Alps mountain range, with a Bell 47 functioning at sufficient altitude in the thinner air. [61] The U.S.

1st Marine Regiment , led by Colonel Lewis "Chesty" Puller , became the first American unit to arrive in Seoul . [62] Dr. Ralph Bunche was named as the winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first African-American to win the award. Bunche was honored for his work in brokering ceasefire agreements between Israel and her Arab neighbors. [63] Omar Bradley was promoted to the rank of General of the Army , commonly referred to as a "five star general", becoming the fifth and last person to achieve that rank. [64] September 23 , 1950 (Saturday) The U.S. Senate voted 57-10 to override President Truman's veto of the Internal Security Act , a day after the House had voted 286-48, passing the bill into law. [65] UN warplanes in South Korea mistakenly attacked British troops at the village of Sangju , killing or wounding 60 Britons by gunfire and napalm bombs.

"The British were on one hill, and the Communists on the next one", and the bomber pilots "picked the wrong hill" to attack after air support had been called in. [66] Died: Kenneth Muir , British soldier who was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his heroism at Sonju; and Sam Barry , 57, American college sports coach who guided both the basketball and baseball teams for the University of Southern California , as well as being an assistant for the USC football team September 24 , 1950 (Sunday) Much of the midwestern United States and Ontario were darkened in the afternoon, from noon until about three o'clock, by thick smoke that had originated from forest fires in northwestern Canada. In Cleveland , the early-afternoon baseball game between the Indians and the Detroit Tigers was played with the lights on. [67] The word " brainwashing ", an adaptation of the Chinese term hsi nao (literally, "mind cleansing"), first appeared in print. Edward Hunter had coined the term for his newspaper article about a manipulation tactic used in Communist China, headlined "'Brain-Washing' Tactics Force Chinese into Ranks of Communist Party" in the Miami Sunday News.

[68] The emigration of 47,000 Jews from Yemen to Israel was completed, with the arrival of a final air transport. [69] Humphrey Jennings , a British documentary filmmaker, was accidentally killed at the age of 43, when he fell from a cliff while scouting for locations for a new film. The Good Life, about European health care, was to have been filmed at the Greek island of Poros . [70] September 25 , 1950 (Monday) Television transmission by a microwave relay system began between New York and Chicago, with A T & T technology replacing the prior system of repeater stations every 25 miles. [71] The night before he was scheduled to testify before the Kefauver Committee about his findings on organized crime in Chicago , former police detective William J. Drury was murdered outside his home by hitmen. Later in the evening, Chicago attorney Marvin J. Bas , another investigator, was shot to death as well.

[72] September 26 , 1950 (Tuesday) Seoul , the capital of South Korea , was recaptured from the North Korean Army a day after the 7th Division Infantry of the U.S. Marines overran North Korean defenses at South Mountain. The 17th Regiment of the South Korean Army crossed the Han River into Seoul, while the United States 8th Army was 40 miles away and closing in from the south. [73] At a mine near the English village of Creswell, Derbyshire , eighty underground coal miners were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, while another 120 were able to escape to the surface. [74] Retreating back to North Korea, the North Korean Army took with it 376 U.S. prisoners of war, who were forced to march to Pyongyang , 250 miles away, over the next three weeks. [75] Sixty American POWs at Daejon were massacred by their North Korean captors. [76] The first infiltration by U.S.

soldiers into North Korea began as nine agents, of Unit 4 from the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron , parachuted to the north of retreating North Korean soldiers. [77] On the day of Seoul's liberation, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Brush struck a mine while shelling North Korea, killing 13 men and injuring 31. [78] The North Atlantic Council, composed of the representatives of the NATO nations, approved "the strategy of placing the maximum number of armed forces" in West Germany and West Berlin, close to the Soviet forces in Eastern Europe. [79] The smoke from Canadian forest fires, which had darkened the eastern United States two days earlier, moved into the skies over Europe. Due to the scattering of light rays by the unusual dispersal of smoke particles, the smoke caused the Sun to appear blue sun, and, that evening, a (literally) blue moon , an effect not seen since the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano. [80] Coincidentally, the shadow of the Earth darkened the Moon that morning as well in a lunar eclipse .

[81] The first advertisement for a credit card appeared, with an ad in the New York Times for Diners Club that was headlined "Say 'Charge It" At any of the fine restaurants listed below!" [60] September 27 , 1950 (Wednesday) General Douglas MacArthur was given authorized by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, with approval by President Truman, to cross the 38th parallel to invade North Korea, as long as there was no indication of an invasion by Soviet or Chinese forces. The directive added, "Under no circumstances, however, will you cross the Manchurian or USSR borders of Korea and, as a matter of policy, no non-Korean ground forces will be used in the north-east provinces bordering the Soviet Union or in the area along the Manchurian border." [82] The U.S. Eighth Army, approaching from the west, and X Corps, coming from the south, linked up at Osan , forcing the retreat of the North Korean People's Army from South Korea. [83] World Heavyweight boxing champion Ezzard Charles defeated former titleholder Joe Louis in a unanimous decision following a 15-round bout at Yankee Stadium .

[84] Born: September 28 , 1950 (Thursday) Indonesia was admitted as the 60th member state of the United Nations . [85] September 29 , 1950 (Friday) The liberation of Seoul was celebrated with the return of South Korean President Syngman Rhee and U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur , appearing together at a noontime ceremony to mark the return of the government to the capital, which had been seized by the People's Army of North Korea in June. [86] General MacArthur declared to the crowd, "By the grace of a merciful Providence, our forces, fighting under the standard of that greatest home and inspiration of mankind, the United Nations, have liberated this ancient city of Seoul."; at the same time, choosing to liberate Seoul rather than cutting off the escape of the North Koreans from Pusan, allowed 30,000 enemy troops to flee back across the border. [87] The Hazel Scott Show , which had premiered in the U.S. on the DuMont Television Network on July 3 , was cancelled one week after she had testified before Congress to deny that she was a Communist sympathizer. John V.

Pavlik, Media in the Digital Age (Columbia University Press, 2008) p225 The Detroit Tigers lost to the Cleveland Indians, 12-2, eliminating them from any chance of winning the American League baseball pennant, and giving the New York Yankees the AL title by default. [88] Mort Walker | Lambiek Comiclopedia Morton Walker (b. 3 October 1923, USA) Mort Walker's career took off when he was eleven years old, when he sold his first cartoon to a regional newspaper. At the age of fifteen, he drew a weekly cartoon ('The Limejuicers') in the Kansas City Journal) and at eighteen, he became chief designer at Hallmark Cards. He studied literature at Washington University and journalism at the University of Missouri (where he also edited the campus newspaper Show Me). After a short period of service in the US Army, Walker soon became one of America's most published gag cartoonists. He also worked as an editor for Dell titles like 1000 Jokes, TV Stars and Hollywood Family. The lazy student 'Spider' became a regular character in his cartoons for the Saturday Evening Post.

He eventually got King Features to syndicate a comic strip version, but changed the name to 'Beetle Bailey'. The first strip was published on 3 September 1950. After a couple of months, Walker transfered the location of his strip from the school campus to an army base and his star was rising. Although the strip commenced during the Korean war years, Walker's lazy character never ended up in combat as most gags were situated in the army base. A Sunday page was added in September 1952 and 'Beetle Bailey' is still published in over 200 newspapers all around the world. Over the years, Walker has been assisted on the strip by Jerry Dumas , Bob Gustafson , Frank Johnson , and his sons Neal, Brian and Greg Walker (who is now co-credited with his father). To this day, Mort Walker personally oversees the production of his strip at his so-called "Connecticut laugh factory studio". In addition to 'Beetle Bailey', Mort Walker scripted other newspaper comics. 'Hi and Lois' was written by Walker and drawn by Dik Browne , and commenced publication in 1954.

The strip was a spin-off of a couple of side-characters from 'Beetle Bailey', called the Flagston family (Lois was Beetle's sister). After the death of Dik Browne, 'Hi and Lois' has been continued by the sons of Walker and Brown, Greg and Brian Walker doing the scripts, and Chance Brown the artwork. 'Hi and Lois' was followed by 'Mrs. Fitz's Flats' (with Frank Roberge , 1957-72) and 'Sam's Strip', a strip joking with the comics format and medium (with Jerry Dumas, 1961-63). In 1968, Walker began 'Boner's Ark', drawn at first by himself under his second surname Addison and then, from 1971 until 2000, by Frank Johnson. Later series by Walker include 'Sam and Silo' (also with Dumas, 1977), 'The Evermores' (drawn by Johnny Sajem , 1982-86) and 'Gamin and Patches' (again under the pen name Addison, 1987).

In 1954 Walker received the NCS Reuben Award for his efforts on the strip. But Walker himself considers his greatest achievement to be his International Museum of Cartoon Art, which he opened in 1974. Walker has written several books on the art and history of comics, as well as children's books. Beetle Bailey | Harvey Comics Database Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Humor A page from the comic book version of Beetle Bailey. Beetle Bailey (begun on September 4, 1950) [2] is an American comic strip set in a fictional United States Army military post, created by cartoonist Mort Walker . It is among the oldest comic strips still being produced by the original creator. [1] Over the years, Mort Walker has been assisted by (among others) Jerry Dumas , Bob Gustafson , Frank Johnson and Walker's sons Neal, Brian and Greg Walker. The latter is currently credited on the strip. Contents [ show ] Overview Beetle was originally a college student named Spider at Rockview University. The characters in that early strip were modeled after Walker's fraternity brothers at the University of Missouri. During the strip's first year, Beetle quit school and enlisted in the U.S.

Army on 13 March 1951, where he has remained ever since. Most of the humor in Beetle Bailey revolves around the inept characters stationed at Camp Swampy, (inspired by Camp Crowder, where Walker had once been stationed while in the Army). Private Bailey is a lazy sort who usually naps and avoids work, and thus is often the subject of verbal and physical chastising from his supervisor, Sergeant Snorkel. The characters never seem to see combat themselves, with the exception of mock battles and combat drills. In fact, they seem to be in their own version of stereotypical comic strip purgatory (initially basic training, they now appear to be stuck in time in a regular infantry division). The uniforms of Beetle Bailey are still the uniforms of the late 1940s to early 1970s Army, with green fatigues and baseball caps as the basic uniform, and the open jeep as the basic military vehicle. Sergeant First Class Snorkel wears a green Class A Army dress uniform with heavily wrinkled garrison cap; the officers wear M1 helmet liners painted with their insignia.

While Beetle Bailey's unit is Company A, one running gag is that the characters are variously seen in different branches of the Army, such as artillery, armor, infantry, and paratroops. Beetle is always seen with a hat or helmet covering his forehead and eyes. Even on leave, his "civvies" include a pork pie hat worn in the same style. He can only be seen without it once—in the original strip when he was still a college student. The strip was pulled and never ran in any newspaper. It has only been printed in various books on the strip's history. One daily strip had Sarge scare Beetle's hat off, but Beetle was wearing sunglasses. One running gag has Sergeant Snorkel hanging helplessly to a small tree branch after having fallen off a cliff. While he is never shown falling off, or even walking close to the edge of a cliff, he always seems to hold on to that same branch, yelling for help. This gag may have spawned the segment of the children's show Between the Lions featuring a person named Cliff Hanger, who, like Sergeant Snorkel, is hanging from a cliff in each feature.

Beetle Bailey (November 21, 2007): In this running gag, Sergeant Snorkel hangs from a small tree growing out of a cliff, while Private Bailey is seen trying to help him—and himself Cast of characters Beetle Bailey is unusual in having one of the largest and most varied permanent casts of any comic strip. While many of the older characters are rarely seen, almost none have been completely retired. Main characters Private Beetle Bailey — the main character and strip's namesake; a feckless, shirking, perpetual goof-off and straggler known for his chronic laziness and generally insubordinate attitude. Slack, hapless, lanky and freckled, Beetle's eyes are always concealed, whether by headgear or, in the rare instance of not wearing any, by his hair. In early strips, it was revealed that he is the brother of Lois Flagston (from the "Hi and Lois" cartoon, which Mort Walker also drew for). Sergeant 1st Class Orville P. Snorkel — Beetle's nemesis; introduced in 1951.

Sarge is known to frequently beat up Beetle for any excuse he can think of, leaving Beetle a shapeless pulp (one of the most iconic images in the strip). Sarge is too lovable to be a villain, however. Obese, snaggle-toothed and volatile, Sarge can be alternately short-tempered and sentimental. He and Beetle seem to have a mutual love/hate relationship; much of the time there's an implied truce between them. They share an uneasy alliance that sometimes borders on genuine (albeit unequal) friendship. He's from Pork Corners, Kansas. Private "Killer" Diller — the notorious ladies' man, and Beetle's frequent crony—introduced in 1951. Otto — Sgt. Snorkel's anthropomorphic, look-alike bulldog whom Sarge dresses up the same as himself, in an army uniform. Otto is fiercely protective of Sarge, and seems to have a particular antipathy towards Beetle. Originally he was a regular dog who walked on all fours, but Mort Walker finally decided to make him more human-like.

As Walker put it, "I guess he's funnier that way." As the Sarge is often found hanging on a branch protruding from a cliff face, so once was Otto. Cookie Jowls — the mess sergeant, who smokes cigarettes while preparing the mess hall's questionable menu (infamous for rubbery meatballs and tough-as-rawhide steaks). Except for the presence of cauliflower ears, a prominent heart tattoo, hairy shoulders and perpetual beard stubble, bears a striking resemblance to SFC Snorkel—and has also been known to occasionally beat up on Beetle. Like Sarge, he also loves food. Brigadier General Amos T. Halftrack — the inept, frustrated, semi-alcoholic commander of Camp Swampy; introduced in 1951. Loves to golf, much to his wife Martha's dismay. Occasionally engages in harassment of his secretary, Miss Buxley. He's 78 years old, from Kenner, Louisiana—though according to Capt. Scabbard he was born in China (April 28, 1971).

Miss (Sheila) Buxley — Halftrack's beautiful, blonde, buxom civilian secretary—and occasional soldier's date (as well as a constant distraction for Halftrack). She used to live in Amarillo, Texas. [3] She appears in every Wednesday strip, with the exception of November 4, 2009; February 16, 2011; March 2, 2011; and April 6, 2011; why on Wednesdays is unknown. (However, a possible prototype for Miss Buxley, a very similar-looking "new stenographer" for General Halftrack, appeared on January 22, 1970—a Thursday.) Miss Buxley has an apparent interest in Beetle, and is constantly pursued by Killer. Private Blips — Halftrack's competent, jaded, feministic, not-at-all-buxom secretary ("blips" are small points of light on a radar screen). Resents Halftrack's constant ogling of Miss Buxley.

Lieutenant Sonny Fuzz — very young (with noticeably pointy eyebrows and very little facial hair), overly earnest, anal-retentive and "by the book", and highly susceptible to squeaky furniture. The apple-polishing Fuzz is always trying to impress uninterested superiors (especially Halftrack), and "rub it in the noses" of his subordinates. He was introduced in 1956. Mort Walker said he modeled the character and personality of Lt. Fuzz on himself, having taken himself too seriously after completing Officer Training. [4] Lieutenant Jackson Flap — the strip's first black character, often touchy and suspicious—but effortlessly cool, introduced in 1970. Originally wore an afro hairstyle. Private Zero — the buck-toothed, naïve farm boy who takes commands literally, and misunderstands practically everything. Despite all that, Zero is a surprisingly knowledgeable coin collector. In one strip, an anonymous soldier pulls a prank on Zero by selling him a penny for about ten dollars. Zero has the last laugh by revealing to the reader that it is, in fact, a rare coin worth many times that amount.

Private Plato — the Camp's resident intellectual (as Tom Lehrer might say, "brings a book to every meal"); bespectacled, given to scrawling long-winded, analytical, often philosophical graffiti. Named after Plato but reportedly based on Walker's pal, fellow cartoonist Dik Browne . Plato is the only character other than Beetle to evolve from the early "college" years of the strip. [4] Chaplain Staneglass — "He's praying... he's looking at the food... he's praying again!" According to Mort Walker's Private Scrapbook, Walker based the chaplain on Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald's priest character, from Going My Way (1944). Supporting characters Martha Halftrack — the General's formidable, domineering wife. She's 70 yrs. old and is from Morganfield, KY. (She has been known to sneak dates without Amos knowing.) Bunny (originally "Buzz") Piper — Beetle's seldom-seen girlfriend. Private Rocky — Camp Swampy's long-haired, disgruntled social dissident; a former biker gang member and rebel-without-a-clue, introduced 1958.

Private Cosmo — Camp Swampy's sunglass-wearing, resident "shady entrepreneur" and huckster. Loosely based on William Holden's Sefton character from Stalag 17; almost forgotten in the 1980s. Captain Sam Scabbard — hard-nosed, flat-top wearing officer, often as hard on Sarge as Sarge is on Beetle. Major Greenbrass — straight man and golf partner to Gen. Halftrack. Private Julius Plewer — fastidious fussbudget, who eventually became Halftrack's chauffeur. Corporal Yo — the strip's first Asian character, introduced in 1990. Dr. Bonkus — Camp Swampy's loopy staff psychiatrist, whose own sanity is questionable. Specialist Chip Gizmo — Camp Swampy's resident computer geek, was named by a write-in contest in 2002. The contest sponsored by Dell Computer Corp., received more than 84,000 entries. It raised more than $100,000 for the Fisher House Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides housing for families of patients at military and veterans hospitals.

[5] The contest to name the new character Gizmo first appeared in this May 6, 2002 strip when Gen. Halftrack walks into Mort Walker's studio demanding a new character to help him with computer related stuff. In the July 4, 2002 strip, the entry sent in by Earl Hemminger of Estecada, OR was announced as the winner from 84,725 entries. [5] Sergeant 1st Class Louise Lugg — hopes to be Sarge's girlfriend, introduced in 1986. Lt. Flap wondered why Lugg was sent to the camp; Halftrack commented that she showed up after he called the Pentagon to request an overseas assignment—"I asked them to send me abroad." Bella — Sgt. Louise Lugg's female cat. Chigger Bailey — Beetle's younger brother (a chigger, like a beetle, is a kind of arthropod, and commonly mistaken for an insect). Unseen Canteen (early 1950s) — always eating. Snake Eyes (early 1950s) — the barracks gambler, replaced by Cosmo, Rocky, and others.

Big Blush (early 1950s) — tall, innocent, and a great attraction to the girls; many of his characteristics incorporated into both Sarge and Zero. Fireball (early 1950s) — neophyte who always seems to be in the way; forerunner of both Zero and Lt. Fuzz. Bammy (early 1950s) — the southern patriot from Alabama who is still fighting the Civil war. Dawg (early 1950s) — the guy in every barracks who creates his own pollution. Ozone (late 1950s) — Zero's bigger, even more naïve friend. Moocher (early 1960s) — stingy and always borrowing things. Pop (1960s) — married private: gets yelled at by Sarge all day and goes home at night for more abuse from his wife. Sergeant Webbing — variously described as being from either B Company or D Company. He somewhat resembles Snorkel, except that he lacks the trademark wrinkles in Snorkel's garrison cap, and has wavy hair and thick eyebrows. He has pointy teeth.

On at least two separate occasions, Webbing engaged Sgt. Snorkel in a cussing duel. [6] He also attempted to one-up Snorkel in anthropomorphizing dogs, leading to Otto's first appearance in uniform, and was most recently seen (recognizably, but not mentioned by name) in 1983. [7] Rolf (early 1980s) — civilian tennis instructor, very popular with the female cast (including both Mrs. Halftrack and Miss Buxley, much to the General's consternation). Originally introduced in response to complaints about the constant ogling of Miss Buxley by the male characters. First appearance was in the September 9, 1982 strip, and he disappeared completely by the mid 1980s. [8] The entire cast, except for Beetle, of the early strip was set at Rockview University (although both incarnations of the strip include a spectacled intellectual named Plato). Four characters from the original cast (Bitter Bill, Diamond Jim, Freshman, and Sweatsock) made at least one appearance, in the January 5th 1963 strip.

[9] [10] Extras, one-shots and walk-ons Mr. & Mrs. Bailey, unnamed parents of Beetle, Lois & Chigger. Chigger, Beetle's & Lois' younger brother. Mr. & Mrs. Piper, Bunny's parents. A camp doctor (Dr. Dormond Dingleberry) whose appearance is consistent, but who is apparently unnamed. An unnamed officers' club bartender, frequent intermediary between the Halftracks. An unnamed Secretary of Defence who has made numerous appearances. Lois Flagston (née Bailey), Beetle's sister; she and her husband are the title characters of the Hi and Lois comic strips. Hiram "Hi" Flagston, Beetle's brother-in-law and Lois's husband Chip, Dot, Ditto, and Trixie Flagston, Hi and Lois's children Popeye the Sailor once made an indirect appearance in the form of a Halloween mask worn by Zero. Numerous one-shot characters have appeared over the years, mostly unnamed, including an inspector general who looks like Alfred E. Neuman , [11] and various officers and civilians. Among the few to be given names is Julian, a nondescript chauffeur eventually replaced by Julius.

[12] Censorship Censored comic strip of Beetle Bailey, from January 12, 2006 (2006-01-12) . Uncensored strip at top, censored strip in the middle. The Norwegian translation of the comic strip is shown at the bottom, to show that it wasn't censored in Norway. Self-censored comic strip at sketch stage. "For the most part, Walker's relationship with the real-life U.S. Army has been cordial. But not always. During the early 1950s, the strip was dropped from the Tokyo edition of Stars and Stripes because it allegedly encouraged disrespect for officers. The civilian press made a huge joke of that, and the ensuing publicity gave the young strip its first big boost in circulation." (Source: Don Markstein 's Toonopedia ) As with most other American comic strips, Beetle Bailey has been censored from time to time. In 1962, the comic strip was censored because it showed a belly button, and in 2006, the description of Rocky's criminal past was replaced with a non-criminal past. Self-censoring Sometimes Mort Walker censors the strips himself.

This is done at the sketch stage, and those strips are never published in the USA. They "end up in a black box in the bottom drawer", according to Walker. These sketches are sometimes published in Scandinavia, however. In Norway, they've appeared in the Norwegian Beetle Bailey comic book – Billy, with the cover of the comic marked to show it contains censored strips. To offset any possible negative reaction, the publisher experimented with "scrambling" the strips in the mid-1990s. To see them, the reader had to view them through a "de-scrambling" plastic card. This was discontinued soon afterwards, and the strips today are printed without scrambling. Animation A TV version of the strip, consisting of 50 animated cartoon shorts produced by King Features Syndicate , was animated by Paramount Cartoon Studios in the USA and Artransa Film Studios in Sydney, Australia, and was first broadcast in 1963.

The opening credits included the sound of a bugle reveille, followed by a theme song specifically composed for the cartoon: He's the military hero of the nation / Though he doesn't always follow regulation At the sound of reveille / He is here for you to see And we know you'll laugh at Private Beetle Bailey— (Beetle Bailey!) As the General, Colonel, Major and the Captain, The Lieutenant and the Sergeant and the Corporal, They will tell you with a shout / They would gladly live without A certain Private by the name of Beetle Bailey— (Beetle Bailey!) Beetle was voiced by comic actor and director Howard Morris with Allen Melvin as the voice of Sarge. Other King Features properties, such as Snuffy Smith and Krazy Kat , also appeared in the syndicated series, under the collective title: Beetle Bailey and His Friends. Beetle Bailey episodes Dr.

Jekyll and Beetle Bailey </dl> Licensing Over the years, Beetle Bailey characters have been licensed for dolls, T-shirts, salt and pepper shakers, toys, telephones, music boxes, handpuppets, coffee mugs, cookie jars, neckties, lunchboxes, paperback books, games, bobblehead nodders, banks, lapel pins and greeting cards, among other products. The Multiple Plastics Corporation manufactured a 1964 Camp Swampy playset, a tie-in with the cartoon TV show, with character figures accompanying the usual MPC toy GIs and military vehicles. In 2000, Dark Horse Comics issued 2 collectible figures of Beetle and Sarge as part of their line of Classic Comic Characters—statues #11 and 12, respectively. In honor of the strip's 50th anniversary, DHC also produced a boxed, PVC figure set of 7 Beetle Bailey characters; (Beetle, Sarge, Gen. Halftrack, Miss Buxley, Otto, Lt. Flap and Cookie.) BCI Eclipse has released 20 episodes of Beetle Bailey as part of Animated All Stars, a 2-DVD set (BCI 46952).

Rhino Home Video also released a DVD containing 10 episodes, along with a couple of Hagar the Horrible and Betty Boop cartoons. In 2007, Beetle Bailey: The Complete Collection was released to DVD, containing all 50 shorts grouped randomly into 13 episodes, plus a previously un-aired 1989 TV special. [13] Further reading (All titles by Mort Walker. Published by Ace Tempo/ Grosset & Dunlap , unless otherwise noted.) Beetle Bailey and Sarge (1958) Dell Beetle Bailey: A Strip Book (1966) Saalfield Books Beetle Bailey: Potato Fancakes! (1967) Tor Beetle Bailey: In the Soup (1967) Tor Beetle Bailey: Dog-Gone (1967) Tor Beetle Bailey: Not Reverse! (1967) Tor Beetle Bailey (No. 1) (1968) Fall Out Laughing, Beetle Bailey (No. 2) (1969) At Ease, Beetle Bailey (No. 3) (1970) I Don't Want to Be Out Here Any More Than You Do, Beetle Bailey (No.

4) (1970) What Is It Now, Beetle Bailey (No. 5) (1971) Beetle Bailey on Parade (No. 6) (1972) We're All in the Same Boat, Beetle Bailey (No. 7) (1973) I'll Throw the Book at You, Beetle Bailey (No. 8) (1973) Jove Shape Up or Ship Out, Beetle Bailey (No. 9) (1974) Backstage at the Strips (1975) Mason/Charter Take Ten, Beetle Bailey (No. 10) (1975) I've Got You on My List, Beetle Bailey (No. 11) (1975) Take a Walk, Beetle Bailey (No. 12) (1976) I Thought You Had the Compass, Beetle Bailey (No. 13) (1976) Is That All, Beetle Bailey (No. 14) (1976) About Face, Beetle Bailey (No. 15) (1976) I'll Flip You for It, Beetle Bailey (No.

16) (1977) I Just Want to Talk to You, Beetle Bailey (No. 17) (1977) Lookin' Good, Beetle Bailey (No. 18) (1977) I Don't Want to Hear About it, Beetle Bailey (1977) Give Us a Smile, Beetle Bailey (No. 19) (1979) Peace, Beetle Bailey (No. 20) (1979) Don't Make Me Laugh, Beetle Bailey (No. 21) (1979) Up, Up and Away, Beetle Bailey (1980) You're Out of Hup, Beetle Bailey (No. 22) (1980) Who's in Charge Here, Beetle Bailey (No. 23) (1980) Is This Another Complaint, Beetle Bailey (No. 24) (1981) Charter Would It Help to Say I'm Sorry, Beetle Bailey (No.

25) (1981) Beetle Bailey: You Crack Me Up (1981) Tor Beetle Bailey: Flying High (1981) Tor Otto (1982) Miss Buxley: Sexism in Beetle Bailey? (1982) Comicana Beetle Bailey: Hey There! (1982) Tor Beetle Bailey Joke Book (1982) Tor Beetle Bailey: The Rough Riders (1982) Tor Beetle Bailey: General Alert (1982) Tor Beetle Bailey: Rise and Shine (1983) Tor Beetle Bailey: Double Trouble (1983) Tor Beetle Bailey: Take Ten (1984) Tor Beetle Bailey: Surprise Package (1984) Beetle Bailey: Tough Luck (1984) Beetle Bailey: Operation Good Times (No. 26) (1984) You'll Get a Bang Out of This, Beetle Bailey (No.

27) (1984) Charter Beetle Bailey in "Friends" (1984) Dargaud Beetle Bailey in Too Many Sergeants (1984) Dargaud Beetle Bailey in The System (1984) Dargaud The Best of Beetle Bailey (1984, 2005) HRW The Best of Beetle Bailey: A Thirty-Three Year Treasury (1984, 2007) Comicana Beetle Bailey: Thin Air (1985) Tor Beetle Bailey: Strategic Withdrawal (1985) Tor You're All Washed Up, Beetle Bailey (No. 28) (1985) Charter Beetle Bailey: Hard Knocks (No. 29) (1985) Beetle Bailey: Three's a Crowd (1986) Tor Beetle Bailey: Revenge (1986) Tor Beetle Bailey: Uncle Sam Wants You (1986) Tor Big Hits from Beetle Bailey (No. 30) (1986) Did You Fix the Brakes, Beetle Bailey (No. 31) (1986) Jove Beetle Bailey: Life's a Beach!

(1987) Tor Beetle Bailey: Undercover Operation (1987) What's the Joke, Beetle Bailey (No. 32) (1987) Let's Change Places, Beetle Bailey (No. 33) (1987) Beetle Bailey: That Sinking Feeling (1988) Tor Beetle Bailey: Behind the Eight Ball Again! (No. 34) (1988) Tor Beetle Bailey: Quit Hangin'Around! (No. 35) (1988) Tor Beetle Bailey: Welcome to Camp Swampy! (1989) Beetle Bailey: Separate Checks (1989) Tor Beetle Bailey: Quit Clowning Around (1989) Tor Beetle Bailey: Wiped Out (No. 36) (1989) Jove Beetle Bailey: World's Laziest Private (No. 37) (1989) Beetle Bailey: Celebration (1989) Andrews McMeel Beetle Bailey: Beetle Mania! (1990) Tor Beetle Bailey: A Flying Beetle?

(1990) Tor Beetle Bailey: Advanced Planning (1990) Beetle Bailey: Sarge Is a Dope! (1990) Tor Beetle Bailey: Basket Case (No. 38) (1990) Jove Beetle Bailey: New Outfit! (No. 39) (1990) Jove Beetle Bailey: Another Request for Furlough (No. 40) (1990) Jove Beetle Bailey: Table Service (No. 41) (1991) Jove Beetle Bailey: Let's Grab a Bite! (No. 42) (1991) Tor Beetle Bailey: Wha' Happen? (No. 43) (1991) Jove Beetle Bailey: Beetle Bugged (No. 44) (1992) Jove Beetle Bailey: Corporal Punishment (No. 45) (1992) Jove Beetle Bailey: Keep Peeling (No. 46) (1992) Jove Beetle Bailey: Tattle "Tail" (No. 47) (1992) Jove Beetle Bailey: Dream Team (No.

48) (1993) Jove Beetle Bailey: Camp Swampy Strikes Again! (No. 49) (1993) Jove Beetle Bailey: Still Lazy After All These Years (1999) NBM 50 Years of Beetle Bailey (2000) NBM Beetle Bailey Book and Figure Set: Sarge (2001) Dark Horse Comics Beetle Bailey Book and Figure Set: Beetle (2001) Dark Horse Comics Beetle Bailey Book and Figure Set: Miss Buxley (2001) Dark Horse Comics Beetle Bailey Book and Figure Set: General Halftrack (2001) Dark Horse Comics Mort Walker's Private Scrapbook (2001) Andrews McMeel Beetle Bailey, The First Years: 1950-1952 (2008) Checker Beetle Bailey, Daily and Sunday Strips: 1965 (2010) Titan </dl> Beyond the strip Beetle Bailey also successfully appeared in comic books, from 1953–1980. The first series was published by Dell Comics , then Gold Key Comics , King Comics and Charlton Comics .

Harvey Comics ran a much later second series, from 1992–1994. The comic strip Hi and Lois , co-created by Mort Walker and Dik Browne, is a spin-off from Beetle Bailey. (Beetle's sister is Lois Flagston.) Hi and Lois, also syndicated by King Features, debuted in 1954. [14] Characters from one strip occasionally make guest appearances in the other. A Beetle Bailey parody in Mad Magazine from the late 1960s portrays Sarge and Captain Scabbard finally wresting the cap off Beetle's face—revealing the words "Get Out of Viet Nam!" tattooed on his forehead. Beetle and Sarge guest-starred in the 75th anniversary party of Blondie and Dagwood in 2005. A life size bronze sculpture of Beetle designed by Mort Walker with his son Neal assisting in the sculpting was unveiled at Walker's alma mater the University of Missouri on October 23, 1992.

[15] References Download Beetle Bailey Comics (1955-1973) - SoftArchive Beetle Bailey Comics (1955-1973) English | CBR & CBZ | Collection | 221.307 Mb Beetle Bailey (begun on September 4, 1950)[2] is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Mort Walker. Set in a fictional United States Army military post, it is among the oldest comic strips still being produced by the original creator. Over the years, Mort Walker has been assisted by (among others) Jerry Dumas, Bob Gustafson, Frank Johnson and Walker's sons Neal, Brian and Greg Walker. The latter is currently credited on the strip. Oops! Something is hidden :) Stuff U Crave | Character Collectibles | Beetle Bailey 16"H Cloth Doll with Vinyl Head 2000 Toy Works Condition: Excellent Beetle Bailey (begun on September 4, 1950)[2] is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Mort Walker.

Set in a fictional United States Army military post, it is among the oldest comic strips still being produced by the original creator.[1] Over the years, Mort Walker has been assisted by (among others) Jerry Dumas, Bob Gustafson, Frank Johnson and Walker's sons Neal, Brian and Greg Walker. The latter is currently credited on the strip. About | Beetle Bailey About About the Comic Beetle Bailey, which started as a college-themed strip in 1950, debuted inauspiciously in 12 newspapers. After six months, it had signed on only 25 clients, and King Features Syndicate considered dropping it. The Korean War was heating up at that time, so Mort Walker decided to have Beetle enlist in the Army. He quickly picked up 100 newspapers. Mort redesigned the cast and a Sunday page was added in 1952. After the Korean War was over, Army brass wanted to tighten up discipline and felt that Beetle Bailey encouraged disrespect for officers. The strip was banned in the Tokyo Stars and Stripes, and the sympathetic publicity rocketed Beetle’s circulation another 100 papers.

When Mort won the National Cartoonist Society’s award as the best cartoonist of the year for 1953, Beetle Bailey had become a certified success, with licensed products and a growing list of clients. From 1954 to 1968, the circulation of Beetle Bailey grew from 200 newspapers to 1,100, and many new characters were added to the cast. Today, after more than six decades, Mort Walker’s creation is still one of the most popular comic strips in the world. About Mort Walker Addison Morton Walker was born in El Dorado, Kansas on Sept. 3, 1923 and had cartooning aspirations at a very young age. “If there is such a thing as being born into a profession, it happened to me,” claimed Mort in the introduction to his autobiography. “From my first breath, all I ever wanted to be was a cartoonist.” He drew cartoons for his school newspaper, The Scarritt Scout, when he was ten. He sold his first cartoon to Child Life magazine at the age of eleven. His first comic strip, The Limejuicers, ran in the Kansas City Journal when he was thirteen.

He submitted his first comic strip to a national syndicate at the age of fifteen and sold magazine cartoons all over the country. By the time Mort graduated from high school, his work was polished and professional. Mort was working as a magazine cartoonist in New York when John Bailey, the cartoon editor of the Saturday Evening Post, encouraged Mort to do some cartoons based on his college experiences at the University of Missouri. One character, a goof-off with a hat over his eyes named “Spider,” emerged from these efforts. After selling a few college cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post, Mort then decided to submit a comic strip to King Features Syndicate starring Spider and his fraternity brothers. When King bought the strip, Mort changed Spider’s first name to “Beetle” (another King strip, Big Ben Bolt, had a character named Spider) and added “Bailey” in honor of John Bailey. Jerry Dumas and three of Mort’s sons, Greg, Brian and Neal, currently assist with the production of Beetle Bailey. Mort and his staff have developed a patented method for delivering daily laughs.

Ideas for comic strip “gags” begin with sketchbook drawings and written observations and eventually evolve into the penciled, inked and lettered “originals” which are used to produce the final printed strips. In the endless search for fresh material, the writers occasionally come up with ideas that are unsuitable for American newspapers. Many of these “censored gags” are sent toSweden to be published. Censorship and size reduction are just two of the creative challenges that cartoonists face on a daily basis. Today, after more than six decades, Mort Walker is still producing Beetle Bailey, which is the longest tenure of any cartoonist on his original creation in the history of comics. Comic Strip Crossovers | Hi & Lois Comic Strip Crossovers Share Hi and Lois daily strip, October 13, 1960. Beetle Bailey, which began on September 4, 1950, is the strip that Mort Walker is most often associated with. Hi and Lois started four years later on October 18, 1954. Not many readers are aware that there is an important connection between the two strips. Lois Flagston is Beetle Bailey’s sister.

Hi and Lois daily strip, November 10, 1967. On a few occasions, Mort has made references to his first creation in the panels of Hi and Lois. Above and below are some examples. Hi and Lois daily strip, August 2, 1975. Sam’s Strip, a short-lived feature that was created by Mort Walker and Jerry Dumas in 1961 explored this type of inside humor in depth. In this innovative daily strip, they played with the basic elements of the cartoon form, experimented with different art styles and featured guest appearances by famous characters from other strips. Cartoon scholars call this type of self-referential surrealism, “metacomics.” Sam’s Strip daily strip, March 7, 1962. In 2008, Fantagraphics Books published the complete 20-month run of Sam’s Strip. This collection is now out of print, but copies can still be obtained inexpensively from used book dealers at Amazon and other sites­.

– Brian Walker 1000+ images about Beetle Bailey on Pinterest | Beetle, Comic strips and Zero Forward Beetle Bailey - the familiar newspaper comic strip was published in comic book form by virtually every name brand during my youth. This particular issue was published by King Comics, a branch of King Features Syndicate who owned the rights to Beetle Bailey. The stories were little more than expanded Sunday newspaper panels that had become well-known by that time. Never more than casually amusing, the purchase of an issue was not a high priority. In fact, we only got them in discounted… See More Search and License Beetle Bailey for Your Project | The Comic Strips Basic Search: The fastest way to find the perfect "Beetle Bailey"! What should the cartoons reference? Use as many keywords as you'd like. No need to add cartoon, editorial or about to your keywords! Advanced Search: Find images published on a specific date. Would you like to find an image published on a specific date? Use one or all of these pull-down menus at the right to select month, day or year: Super Search: Want to get reeeeeally specific? Find black and white or color images?* *Please note that some color images may also be available in black and white.

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Question: Which US comic strip was created by Mort Walker in September 1950?
Answer: Beetle Bailey